Coral polyps on a reef near Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Dick Dougall, President of the Brentwood Camera Club in Brentwood, Tennessee, sent us the pictures shown here. What's remarkable is that they are all of excellent quality and every one was taken using a disposable camera protected by a special underwater housing.
We asked Dick to give us the skinny on the pictures. Here is what he said:
"The disposable cameras depend on brand, but the Kodak Weekender with MAX film (it used to be with Kodak Gold 400) is typical.
"The housing kit is called Aquashot by Ikelite USA. It includes a close up lens attachment and a wire frame attachment for taking tight close-ups.
"There is a lens attachment to correct for being underwater and a strobe accessory on an extension arm that operates as a slave. The camera flash is blocked so it doesn't illuminate the scene, but is aimed at the slave cell to trigger the flash - it is positioned so that the light is away from the path seen by the camera lens which tends to hide particles [backscatter] in the water.
"It is quite simple, basic and relatively inexpensive. Unlike underwater disposable cameras, this one can go down much deeper than 16 feet. The underwater disposables are good for snorkeling, not scuba."
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That's a queen angel fish in the lower center of the frame.
Dick calls this colorful image "Sponge 1."
Here is Dick's remarkably clear Sponge 2 image.
This underwater landscape is called simply "Sponge 3."
"Worms" is the title of this colorful undersea composition.
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